__________ makes recommendations as to the alteration, termination, or continuation of about 130 state boards, commissions, and agencies

As education is a good predictor of political participation, which racial groups would be most likely to be politically active?

a. whites and Hispanics b. blacks and whites c. Hispanics and Asian/Pacific Islanders d. Asian/Pacific Islanders and whites

Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. A regime is a set of formal and informal political institutions that defines a type of government. 2. The very nature of an absolutist state means that many mechanisms exist to protect citizens and enable them to claim their “rights” against political leaders. 3. Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau are known as social contract theorist. 4. Proponents of participatory democracy argue that real democracy must include far more than the minimal list of institutional guarantees.